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Surely the Aussie cricketers must be tired of it. Because, yet again, after a famous victory the headlines are not about their superb performance but about their behaviour. And all around the world, lovers of cricket have had their opinions of Australian cricketers ? and indeed, Australians ? reinforced: they?re great at sport but you […]

History says Australia cannot win the 2017 Champions Trophy in England. Australia need about six days of cricket before they start performing at their best in English conditions; they will only get one. ?Six?? I hear you ask incredulously. Surely that?s an absurdly specific number! But time after time it has been proven true. I […]

The lack of any worthwhile fielding statistics has always bothered me. So for this edition of the IPL I tried to do something about it. I?ve spent the last few weeks reviewing every ball of the group stage of the tournament, creating 1,666 entries in a spreadsheet for all the fielding ?events?. It has been […]